Synopsis
A Jerusalem-based journalist for a French television network offers an insider's view of the collapse of the Middle East peace process based on his access to leaders and negotiators on all sides. Beginning with the 1995 assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, Enderlin describes the action of the peace process and reconstructs conversations between leaders and diplomats using taped interviews and participants' notes. Chapters detail the secret Israeli-Palestinian negotiations in Sweden, the failed Israeli-Syrian peace talks, and conversations between negotiators and President Bill Clinton at the July 2000 meetings at Camp David. Annotation 2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


The New York Times
Shattered Dreams is a deeply reported and scrupulous account of seven key years in the history of the conflict -- from the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in November of 1995 to the first election of Ariel Sharon a little over two years ago. Enderlin has been the Jerusalem bureau chief for one of French television's main stations for the past 13 years. He persuaded a number of officials to allow him to interview them on videotape during their negotiations on condition that he not broadcast the tapes before the end of 2001. Later, he interviewed them again, and persuaded many to share notes from secret meetings. From these he produced a documentary that was shown in numerous countries, and on PBS last summer. Ethan Bronner